§ 12-101. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandTax-GeneralEffective: July 1, 2022
Effective: July 1, 2022
MD Code, Tax - General, § 12-101
§ 12-101. Definitions
(b) “Cigarette” means any size or shaped roll for smoking that is made of tobacco or tobacco mixed with another ingredient and wrapped in paper or in any other material except tobacco.
(c) “Manufacturer” means a person who acts as a manufacturer as defined in § 16-201 of the Business Regulation Article or as an other tobacco products manufacturer as defined in § 16.5-101 of the Business Regulation Article.
(d) “Other tobacco product” has the meaning stated for “other tobacco products” in § 16.5-101 of the Business Regulation Article.
(e) “Other tobacco products retailer” means a person authorized under § 16.5-205(b) of the Business Regulation Article to purchase other tobacco products on which the tobacco tax has not been paid.
(f) “Out-of-state seller” means a person:
(g) “Pipe tobacco” has the meaning stated in § 16.5-101 of the Business Regulation Article.
(h) “Premium cigars” has the meaning stated in § 16.5-101 of the Business Regulation Article.
(i) “Sell” means to exchange or transfer, or to make an agreement to exchange or transfer, title or possession of property, in any manner or by any means, for consideration.
(j) “Tax stamp” means a device in the design and denomination that the Comptroller authorizes by regulation for the purpose of being affixed to a package of cigarettes as evidence that the tobacco tax is paid.
(k) “Tobacconist” means a person authorized under § 16.5-205(e) of the Business Regulation Article to purchase other tobacco products on which the tobacco tax has not been paid.
(l) “Unstamped cigarettes” means a package of cigarettes to which tax stamps are not affixed in the amount and manner required in § 12-304 of this title.
(m) “Wholesale price” means the price for which a wholesaler buys other tobacco products, exclusive of any discount, trade allowance, rebate, or other reduction.
Credits
Added by Acts 1988, c. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 4, § 3; Acts 1992, c. 26, § 2; Acts 1999, c. 121, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2010, c. 388, § 1, eff. May 1, 2011; Acts 2019, c. 735, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Acts 2021, c. 37, § 1, eff. March 14, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 767, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2021, c. 768, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.
Formerly Art. 81, §§ 434, 435, 438, 464.
MD Code, Tax - General, § 12-101, MD TAX GENERAL § 12-101
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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